BPM Upgrades - Which comes first - Process Center or Process Server ?
Thu, Dec 8th 2016 12:35p Dave HayThis question arises from time to time, so I thought I'd capture the official IBM position from the IBM Support Page: -Upgrading profiles from IBM Business Process Manager Version 8.5.x to IBM Business Process Manager V8.5.7 Cumulative Fix 2016.06The Process Center and Process Server versions do not need to match, and Process Server V8.5.7.201606 can connect to an earlier version of Process Center V8.5.x. You can upgrade Process Server first and test your applications to make sure that they sti

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Tinkering with Java 1.7 in the context of IBM BPM 8.5
Thu, Dec 8th 2016 12:21p Dave HayThis is part 1 of a WIP about moving from BPM 8.5.5 ( which requires Java 1.6 ) to BPM 8.5.7 ( which can tolerate Java 1.6 or 1.7 or 1.7.1 )Starting Position/opt/ibm/InstallationManager/eclipse/tools/imcl listInstalledPackagescom.ibm.cic.agent_1.8.5000.20160506_1125com.ibm.bpm.ADV.v85_8.5.5000.20140604_1130com.ibm.websphere.ND.v85_8.5.5010.20160721_0036com.ibm.websphere.odm.ds.rules.v87_8.7.1001.20151006_2017com.ibm.websphere.odm.pt.rules.v87_8.7.1001.20151007_0005com.ibm.websphere.IHS.v85_8.5.5

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WebSphere Application Server Performance Cookbook
Wed, Dec 7th 2016 7:25a Dave HayI'm not sure if I've posted this before, but it's worth a read, either way: -The WebSphere Application Server Performance Cookbook covers performance tuning for WebSphere Application Server (WAS), although there is also a very strong focus on Java, Operating Systems, and theory which can be applied to other products and environments. The cookbook is designed to be read in a few different ways: • On the go: Readers short on time should skip to the Recipes chapter at the end of the book. In t

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Encrypting WebSphere Application Server system passwords
Tue, Dec 6th 2016 7:51a Dave HayThis from one of my IBM colleagues, Martin Lansche: -...It seems that every day we are bombarded with stories in the technical and mainstream press of attacks of computer systems where passwords are stolen, after which these passwords are then available to attackers. The press frequently points out that one reason that this password data was retrievable is because "it was not encrypted." In this situation, it's important to recognize that the passwords in question are user passwords, those us

IBM BPM and the Bootstrap Process - Sigh, one day I'll get this right
Mon, Dec 5th 2016 4:57p Dave HaySo, again, *IF* I ever see this again: -/opt/IBM/WebSphereProfiles/Dmgr01/bin/bootstrapProcessServerData.sh -clusterName AppClusterBootstraping data into cluster AppClusterWASX7357I: By request, this scripting client is not connected to any server process. Certain configuration and application operations will be available in local mode.java.lang.Exception: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException at com.ibm.bpm.bootstrap.BootstrapProcessServerDataHelper.loadInstallationGuid(BootstrapProcessSe

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Note to self - monitoring User Limits in GNU Linux
Mon, Nov 28th 2016 9:01a Dave HayThis came up last week, and is something that I need to keep an eye on.These are some of the commands that one can/should use to monitor ulimit use on a Linux box: -ps -eLfps -eTfps -Tp `pidof java`top -H -p `pidof java`pstree -p `pidof java`for pid in $(pgrep java); do ls /proc/$pid/fd | wc -l; done

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Apple Calendar - Dealing with Spam invitations
Fri, Nov 25th 2016 2:56p Dave HaySo I keep receiving spam calendar invitations to my Apple Calendar, on iOS and macOS, which is a nuisance.Thankfully, I found this: -Log in to iCloud on the web, open your calendar, and go to ⚙ > Preferences. Under Advanced, you'll find an option to receive calendar invitations by email instead of straight into your calendar.Q: How do I block spam calendar invitation emails?Ok so this works. Create a new calendar (Calendar/File/New Calendar) then open the bogus invite, you should see a dro